Intrigued and mizmerized by the roofs and canopies of structures in Japan. The triangular shape and curvature at each end makes soft at the same time symmetric with the simplicity of the building complimenting the overall structure.

In the 1960 Ian Fleming short story “From a View to a Kill“, James Bond recalls visiting Harry’s Bar during his first visit to Paris at age 16. He followed the instructions in Harry’s advertisement in the Continental Daily Mail, and told his taxi driver ‘Sank Roo Doe Noo’. He recalls “That had started one of the memorable evenings of his life, culminating in the loss, almost simultaneous, of his virginity and his notecase”.